TU Graz: Course: 707.000 Web Science and Web Technology: Lecture 13: Web Technologies 2 - The Semantic Web

The semantic web represents a current research effort to increase the capability of machines to make sense of content on the web. In this class, Peter Scheir will give a guest lecture on the basic principles underlying the semantic web vision, including RDF, OWL and other standards.

TU Graz: Course: 707.000 Web Science and Web Technology: Lecture 5: Affiliation Networks

How can we analyze and understand affiliation networks? In this class, we will discuss properties of affiliation networks and we will investigate the use of Galois lattices for the exploration of structural patterns in bi-partite graphs. Optional : L.C. Freeman and D.R. White. Using Galois Lattices to Represent Network Data. Sociological Methodology, (23):127--146, (1993)

TU Graz: Course: 707.000 Web Science and Web Technology: Lecture 2: Small World Problem

We will discuss several examples and research efforts related to the small world problem and set the ground for our discussion of network theory and social network analysis. Readings: An Experimental Study of the Small World Problem, J. Travers and S. Milgram Sociometry 32 425-443 (1969) [Protected Access] Optional: The Strength of Weak Ties, M.S. Granovetter The American Journal of Sociology 78 1360--1380 (1973) [Protected Access] Optional: Worldwide Buzz: Planetary-Scale Views on an Instant-Messaging Network, J. Leskovec and E. Horvitz MSR-TR-2006-186. Microsoft Research, June 2007. [Web Link, the most recent and comprehensive study on the subject!] Originally from: http://kmi.tugraz.at/staff/markus/courses/SS2008/707.000_web-science/

TU Graz: Course: 707.000 Web Science and Web Technology: Lecture 7: Link Analysis and Search

What are ways of searching in graphs? In this class, we will discuss basics of link analysis, including Google's PageRank algorithm as an example. Readings: The PageRank Citation Ranking: Bringing Order to the Web, L. Page and S. Brin and R. Motwani and T. Winograd (1998) Stanford Tecnical Report

TU Graz: Course: 707.000 Web Science and Web Technology: Lecture 8: Web Technologies 1

This class focuses on a selected subset of web technologies that are of interest to the topics of this course. Readings: Chapter 5 "Representational State Transfer (REST)", in "Architectural Styles and the Design of Network-based Software Architecture", Roy Fielding, Dissertation, University of California Irvine, 2000 Optional: Chapter "Representational State Transfer (REST)" in "Pro PHP XML and Web Services", R. Richards 633--672, 2006

Foundation Year RTS Part 3 Portfolio Template Summary: Science and Engineering 2012-13

Part 3 Routes to Success summary of the portfolio template on one A4 page

Foundation Year RTS3 Portfolio Template: Science and Engineering 2012-13

Part 3 Routes to Success Portfolio template on five A4 page

COMP1205 Legal Perspectives: Information, Data and Living in a Connected World

List of topics and Slides which summarise legal perspectives with suggested methods on how to revise for the exam

Web Science and Data Analytics Course

Resources from the Singapore Summer School 2014 hosted by NUS. ws-summerschool.comp.nus.edu.sg

Information externalities and export trade duration at the firm level

Recent empirical work emphasizes the importance of the extensive margin of trade (new exporters, new export activities) for long run export growth. In this context, understanding the determinants of duration of new exporters is key for underpinning the dynamics of exports growth. As new exporters tend to show low survival rates, identifying the determinants of export duration is highly relevant for academic and policy purposes. In this paper, we explore whether information externalities arising from different levels of spatial interaction allow new exporters to increase the duration of their trade activities. For this, we use transaction level data on Colombian exports between 2004 and 2011. Results show that export networks, understood as the agglomeration of exporting firms at different spatial levels, reduce the risk of dropping out from exporting and that this effect is stronger the more similar are export activities carried out by firms

Science and technology.

Es el punto de partida para el aprendizaje de la ciencia con todas las respuestas a las preguntas que un niño puede hacer respecto a él mismo y el mundo que le rodea. Cuenta con actividades que no requieren un equipo especial y recuadros con más información.

Primary science and literacy.

La ciencia y el conocimiento del lenguaje, oral y escrito, es decir, la lectura y la escritura están indisolublemente ligados. La sociedad actual, muy desarrollada, necesita personas científicamente alfabetizadas. Además, la asociación entre ciencia y alfabetización es recíproca: la ciencia ofrece contextos para el uso y desarrollo de las aptitudes de lectura, escritura y comprensión, mientras que la alfabetización contribuye al acceso individual al apasionante y difícil mundo científico.

Primary science and numeracy.

Del mismo modo, que en el corazón de la ciencia esta la matemática, la enseñanza de la ciencia se basa en la comprensión de las matemáticas por los niños, como base sobre la cual desarrollar su capacidad científica en la enseñanza primaria. Por ello, se marcan unas líneas de actuación a cumplir: importancia de la aritmética en la ciencia, desarrollo de habilidades numéricas en actividades familiares, estrategias de apoyo a la aritmética. Este texto sirve de apoyo al plan de estudios de Gales, Irlanda del Norte y Escocia, y además, tiene en cuenta el National Numeracy Strategy for England.